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>> president trump, you're a father. please take action. our kids need to be kept safe. this is what the americans across the country want. allow the vote to happen, and then allow it to pass and move into law. >> you know, your leadership is not always brilliant, notbut th this. because they put to the president this week, chuck schumer in the senate and nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, said to the president if you sign background check legislation, not all this other stuff, just background legislation, we'll be there for the signing to celebrate that event. and trump has been mumbling...

Benjam benjamin netanyahu's re-election bid. he has spoken about a potential new defense agreement between the two nations. trump tweeted i had a call today with prime minister netanyahu to discuss the possibility of moving forward with a mutual defense treaty between the u.s. and israel. trump added he looked forward to continuing those discussions later this month when the two leaders meet at the united nations general passembly sessin here in new york. democratic leaders have laid down a hard line for president trump as he deliberates potential gun reform legislation. house speaker nancy ...

Background checks. it's been over 200 days, 201, i believe, since the house of representatives passed a bipartisan bill that would strengthen background checks in yet despite those two facts we still have no idea ha policy president trump might support. >> welcome back to hard ball. that was chuck schumer this afternoon who along with speaker pelosi has put a firm offer on the table on gun legislation. in a phone call with president trump yesterday the two top democrats in congress said quote we made it clear to the president that any proposal he endorses that does not include background check...

I know you have new reporting about how those background check conversations have been going behind the scenes? >> reporter: we just heard the president a few moments ago. throw cold water on the idea of new background legislation when congress returns. we have in this country very strong background checks, he said that there are some some missing areas, he did talk about that but at the same time, brooke, i think we should take notice of the language the president used toward the end of his remarks on gun control. we have to be careful about a slippery slope that he says we're not going to le...

And presidential candidate amy klobuchar. senator, thank you for joining us. you're going have to be our reader tonight. >> thanks, chris. >> has something changed mitch from saying doing nothing is unacceptable? is that something new from him? >> you know, i think we thought for a while these extreme risk orders or as he called them red flags would be something that might move through. but i don't think that's enough. and if that's what he means, no, that's not enough. and where i really didn't like is when i heard him say people will just try to score points. i mean, seriously. we lost nine ...